Bobby Darin – Splish Splash (Bass Tab)

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SPLISH SPLASH (Bassline) As recorded by Bobby Darin (From the 1958 Album BOBBY DARIN) Words and Music by Bobby Darin & Murray Kaufman Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Wendell Marshall - Bass'

 Intro                       1st & 2nd Verses
  Q=148
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    E E E E     q  Q  H      H    E E E E
|----------|--------------||-------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------||o------------|---------------|
|----------|----------0-2-||o-3----------|----------0-2--|
|----------|--------3-----||-------------|--------3------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|
|-3------3------|-3------3------|-3------3------|-3------3------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   q  Q  Q  Q    q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|----4-7----4-7-|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5------5------|----2-5----2-5-|-3--------3--|-3--------3--|
|---------------|-3------3------|-------------|-------------|

  q  Q  Q  Q    q  Q  Q  Q    q  Q  Q  Q    q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--------3--|-------------|
|-1--------1--|-2--------2--|-------------|-3--------3--|

                               Chorus
  q  Q  H      Q  E E Q  E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------||----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|
|-3----------|----2-5----2-5-||-3------3------|-3------3------|
|------------|-3------3------||---------------|---------------|

                                  Saxophone Solo
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-||---------------|---------------|
|-3------3------|-3------3------||----0-3----0-3-|----0-3----0-3-|
|---------------|---------------||-1------1------|-1------1------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|---------------|---------------|
|-3------3------|-3------3------|----2-5----2-5-|----0-3----0-3-|
|---------------|---------------|-3------3------|-1------1------|

                                                       Out-Chorus
                 1.                 2.
  Q  E E Q  E E   E E E q  E E E     E E E E Q  E E     Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|-----------------||----------------||----------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----------------o||----------------||o----2-5----2-5-|
|-3------3------|-3---2-5----0-2-o||-3---2-5----2-5-||o-3------3------|
|---------------|---3------3------||---3-----3------||----------------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|---------------|
|-3------3------|-3------3------|-3------3------|----0-3----0-3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1------1------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|---------------|
|----0-3----0-3-|-3------3------|-3------3------|----2-5----2-5-|
|-1------1------|---------------|---------------|-3------3------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-o||
|----0-3----0-3-|-3------3------|-3------3------o||
|-1------1------|---------------|----------------||

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths